Deficient of kindness <br />Tis a cold, indifferent world <br />Where seldom does love <br />Walk in order to sense <br />the shape of another’s story <br />Divinity is present when <br />We rise to the challenge <br />Posed by another's broken self <br />We are at our most complete <br />when we meet weakness <br />with hearts and ears open <br />when we listen with love <br />not with category in mind <br />or rejection, but with love, <br />In listening we shall be heard <br />And the cost, I hear you say? <br />The outlay of your life <br />For what was lost is found <br />To defend the vulnerable <br />You will become vulnerable <br />Categorised and labelled <br />Tis a cold, indifferent world <br />Deficient of kindness.<br /><br />Adrian Wait<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/kindness-14/
